OR2AJ1

OR2AJ1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2AJ1, OR2AJ1P, OR2AJ1Q, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily AJ member 1
External IDs	GeneCards: OR2AJ1; OMA:OR2AJ1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human) Band 1q44 Start 247,924,889 bp End 247,935,339 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in superior frontal gyrus prefrontal cortex hippocampus proper Hypothalamus substantia nigra n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 127608 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000177275 n/a UniProt n a n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001355235 n/a RefSeq (protein) n/a n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 247.92 – 247.94 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a
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Olfactory receptor 2AJ1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2AJ1 gene.

Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR2AJ1+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.